Georgie Thompson and Sir Ben Ainslie are engaged after dating for just over a year.

Georgie took to her Twitter to
share her joy, writing: 'This just in… @AinslieBen and I are getting
married! Couldn't be happier. Suspect the honeymoon may involve a
boat..:)'

The Olympic gold medal winner also opened up about the happy news on his own Twitter account, posting a picture of himself, his 36-year-old TV presenter fiancee and dog Biggles.

Ben, 37, wrote: 'Picture says it all. So happy to be engaged to the loveliest woman in the World. Biggles is pretty excited too!'

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So happy: Ben Ainslie posted this picture to his Twitter account to announce his engagement to Georgie Thompson

Over the moon: Georgie also shared the exciting news on her own Twitter account

The sporty couple first set tongues wagging when they were spotted kissing while on a trip to New York in October 2013.

Georgie, who previously dated Declan Donnelly for over two years, later revealed the couple had been in a quiet relationship since April - but they had known each other for three years before their friendship blossomed into love.

She said in an interview with the Mail: 'We met through friends at an event and I don’t really know how to describe it. It was a bit of a thunderbolt moment but a thunderbolt that took years before it became anything real.

'We were in different places, but then
in April the stars aligned and it made sense to be together and we
haven’t looked back since. It’s very special… he makes me very happy.'

Sporty pair: The couple, pictured together last year, have been quietly dating since April 2013 after seeing their former friendship turn to romance

And aside from having to deal with their rather noticeable height difference, Georgie and Ben also have to battle against the perils of a long-distance relationship, with him living in San Francisco and her in New York, where her new job at Fox Sports is based.

She added: 'I’m 5ft; he’s 6ft, and it’s good because he puts a protective arm around me.

'Because I
understand his world but I’m not in it so I can be that person who
listens but at the same time can offer a different perspective, and he’s
the same with me.

'He lives in San Francisco so now I’m in New York I’ve sort of moved five hours closer to him. It’s a long-distance scenario, but when you really want to be with each other, you find a way to make it work.'

Red carpet romance: Sir Ben, 37, and Georgie, 36, made their debut as a couple at the 2013 BBC Sports Personality Awards in December